I Couldn’t Remember Hearing Anyone Come Back Upstairs

carefully.”

The calmness in his voice frightened me more than panic would have.

“I checked the location twice. Then I verified the property records.”

I leaned against the hallway wall.

“The owners?”

“A man named Howard Finch.”

I waited.

“No Melissa.”

“No parents with that last name.”

“No recent property sale.”

I looked toward the staircase.

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